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08-15-06, 03:29

loopoo

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Delete the first row from a text file

Hi!

I need help on this following issue: i have a big 2 GB flat text file and i want to remove only its first line.
How can i do that ??

Thanks in advance!

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08-15-06, 04:07

osy45

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a1.txt
1aaaa
2bbbb
3cccc

sed '1d' a1.txt > a2.txt

a2.txt
2bbbb
3cccc

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08-15-06, 04:57

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thanks a lot for your help,

chris

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